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  1. Zephir says:
    February 27, 2025 at 6:40 am

    All we hear about at the bbc and msm is nonentities and minor “approved” talent, the groaning “Adele” and so many others with their jumping up an octave now and again to desperately convince etc etc for goodness sake…

    Yet there is so much to be found,

    This, from south Korea

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  2. JohnC says:
    February 27, 2025 at 7:01 am

    ‘I need help’: Freed from Myanmar’s scam centres, thousands are now stranded
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yr7j18edjo

    Perhaps the BBC’s grubby far-Left ‘journalist’ Jonathan Head (known as ‘Dick’) should explain to us why we should bale these people out from the mess of their own making. Not that he cares one bit of course : this is classic BBC virtue-signaling.

    It’s almost pure empathy using statements (which I’m sure he wrote or doctored himself) in an attempt to virtue signal how morally superior he is. Same as Bowen and Keane do.

    Just for context, Head watched decent, innocent Thai men, women and children get blown up by M79 grenades by the left-wing Pheu-Thai government’s henchmen after they were protesting against a disgraceful amnesty bill to get Thaksin off his corruption convictions and he covered it up with the usual BBC weasel words. His description was ‘Anti-government protests which turned violent’.

    The man is everything I despise about the BBC. That example is just one of many. He’s a nasty piece of work.

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    • Zephir says:
      February 27, 2025 at 7:18 am

      Stuffed Into Trucks, 78 Thai Protesters Died. Their Killers Are Still Free.

      Twenty years ago, a massacre in southern Thailand fueled an insurgency that has never stopped. If no one is prosecuted for it by Friday, no one ever will be.

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      • JohnC says:
        February 27, 2025 at 9:47 am

        lol the ‘statute of limitations’ are a classic way Thai politicians evade prosecution. Many are just a few years – so they go abroad until it runs out then come back. They literally write the laws to cover them just in case they get caught.

        The usual one is charges being dropped because of ‘lack of evidence’. Which is because it all disappears. Thaksin was/is one the dirtiest of all. He forces people to sign letters of resignation before he gives them a job. Then uses it to blackmail them if they cause trouble. He’s most famous for getting caught trying to bribe a judge:
        ‘Thailand jails Thaksin lawyers in “snack box” case’
        https://www.reuters.com/article/world/thailand-jails-thaksin-lawyers-in-snack-box-case-idUSBKK260867/

        Note the lawyers got jailed. Thaksin got away scott free. That’s how it works here.

        ‘he said his driver had mistakenly picked up the bag with the money instead of an identical one that contained chocolates he had meant to give to court officials.’

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  3. Zephir says:
    February 27, 2025 at 7:27 am

    Whilst they massacre wherever they are in the majority around the world, what do they do here when they are in the minority?

    “The statistics are sobering: Home Office data ending March 2024 shows that 38% of religious hate crimes recorded by the police were against Muslims. Over 70% of young Muslims in the UK who say they experience mental health struggles, also say they have been victims of Islamophobia.”

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  5. Zephir says:
    February 27, 2025 at 7:41 am

    I could document my “mental health struggles” with the abuse regularly received as an English born whenever visiting my relatives in a Scottish village, or the similar at various Chinese airports with my suitcase ripped apart and things missing and held behind everyone else for examination, but I can’t be bothered, because I recognise that tribalism is a natural human trait.

    If you think you can change behaviour or outlook through a DEI course good luck, the vast majority do not need to adjust their behaviour in this country. In muslim countries, hmm

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    • Zephir says:
      February 27, 2025 at 8:05 am

      My mental heath crisis in Chinese airports was helped by telling myself

      It’s OK he’s Chinese, his battery will run out very soon and circuits fail with no customer service available

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  6. AsISeeIt says:
    February 27, 2025 at 8:09 am

    In this edition Mr AsI gets ‘across’ the carbon, environmental and sustainability agenda – or, in other rather more frank terms ‘our batsh*t eco-rules’

    Following yesterday’s shock reports: ‘Fish disco’ row risks fresh delays to Hinkley Point nuclear plant (Financial Times); Starmer’s fish disco flap and bees buzzing after Cruiser SB crushed… DEFRA’s rejection of toxic pesticide Cruiser SB in a win for bees, but not British sugar… Why has Starmer declared war on green ‘zealots’ and fish discos? (The ENDS Report, ‘UK’s No 1 source of intelligence for environmental professionals, delivering news, analysis and reference across the carbon, environmental and sustainability agenda.’)

    Now today more shock news comes in that: Turbines will be painted black to cut bird deaths (Geraldine Scott, Senior Political Correspondent, The Times)

    I see a red door
    And I want it painted black
    No colours anymore
    I want them to turn black…

    Maybe then, I’ll fade away
    And not have to face the facts
    It’s not easy facing up
    When your whole world is… Green?

    [apologies to The Rolling Stones, 1966]

    EU will stick to its world-leading climate goals, even as it prepares to dilute some rules to soothe industry – the FT there with ‘even as’ a quaint little variation on the now all too familiar journalistic ‘despite’

    BP went ‘too far, too fast’ over net zero… The chief executive of BP has admitted (Telegraph); BP returns to its roots in oil and gas after ‘misplaced’ optimism for green energy (FT)

    But it’s all right now, in fact it’s a gas
    But it’s all right, I’m jumpin’ jack flash
    It’s a gas, gas, gas

    [The Rolling Stones, 1968]

    Wind turbines will be painted black to stop birds flying into them in a bid to cut the number being killed by the blades. The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs launched a government pilot this week (Times)

    Seems there’s somewhat of a wind of change that’s a-blowing through the West.

    The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
    The answer is blowin’ in the wind

    [Bob Dylan, 1962]

    The mildly conservative Telegraph boldly risks transgressing against the all-pervading ‘safety first’ regime: I’m happy to serve my guests food that’s out of date Prue Leith (Telegraph)

    Mick Jagger, in his Jumpin’ Jack Flash persona, claimed to have been raised by a toothless, bearded hag…

    Meanwhile, our delightful, charming deputy PM

    Angela Rayner is right to criticise our batsh*t eco-rules…Last week, prime minister Keir Starmer cited the now notorious case of the HS2 ‘bat shed’ – a £100million tunnel built to protect a colony of Bechstein’s bats… The bat species in question is not endangered globally, and nor is there any evidence that trains would interfere with them. But according to the UK Treasury, any legal challenges that could arise from failing to protect the bats would be even costlier than the £100million price tag for the batshit bat shed. (Spiked)

    Sometimes these segueways tend to write themselves…

    Wuhan lab scientists in ‘ominous’ research… Chinese scientists… new experiments similar to those that may have triggered the Covid pandemic… found a bat coronovirus that can enter human cells… testing in human transgenic mice. (Telegraph)

    Quick edit required: new experiments similar to those that may have triggered the Covid pandemic LOCKDOWNS which were a policy choice

    But as they ease off – as dire economic needs must – on their Net Zero claptrap… work continues on the regime-driven tech-enabled total surveillance state…

    Police to access drivers’ personal details… under Labour’s new crime law… 50 million motorists’ data held by… DVLA… names, addresses, date of births, photographs, endorsements, convictions, relevant medical information… to help the investigation of other crimes… Big Brother Watch… opening the door to the creation of a massive facial recognition database (Telegraph)

    As BBC TV Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross used to say: “Don’t have nightmares”

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    • MarkyMark says:
      February 27, 2025 at 8:40 am

      “In the Altamont Pass in California, for example, one study found about 4,000 wind turbines killed 67 golden eagles and 1,127 birds of prey in a year. In southern Spain, 252 wind turbines located in an area used by many birds of prey and on the migratory path of many large birds killed a 124 birds of prey in a year.10 Apr 2013”

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  7. atlas_shrugged says:
    February 27, 2025 at 8:20 am

    BP

    British Petroleum > Beyond Petroleum > Beyond Profit

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    • MarkyMark says:
      February 27, 2025 at 8:38 am

      Saudi Arabia: £60 billion
      Last year, it bought a £598 million ($824 million) stake in oil giant British Petroleum (BP), as well as British Telecom (BT) as part of its “bargain hunting spree”. Saudi investors also have holdings in Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell.

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  8. Tabs says:
    February 27, 2025 at 8:22 am

    Cousin marriage: What new evidence tells us about children’s ill health
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c241pn09qqjo

    A long article from the BBC starting off with 3 women “from a Jane Austin novel” about to get married.

    Not once do the BBC mention Islam or Muslims.

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    • MarkyMark says:
      February 27, 2025 at 8:37 am

      MP calls for first-cousin marriage to be banned
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czend1y0xjko
      ……………….
      Independent MP Iqbal Mohamed speaks out against plans to ban first cousin marriage

      ……………….
      Babies Born with Serious Conditions
      It has been known for some time that birth defects, also known as congenital anomalies, are a major cause of illness and disability including infant mortality and that their incidence varies across ethnic groups in the UK. Other studies in the last 20 years have considered consanguinity (marriage to a blood relation), as a cause of birth defects, but these studies weren’t able to rule out other potential risk factors, particularly the effects of deprivation.

      What we are doing about it
      The study is the largest of its type ever conducted. The team examined detailed information collected about more than 11,300 babies involved in the Born in Bradford project.
      ……………….
      The wait is over and the time is now – Bradford 2025 is the new UK City of Culture. Explore our packed programme of events for 2025.
      ………………

      The brave daughter who is tackling an ethnic taboo that costs the NHS millions: Aisha refused to marry a cousin, so great were her fears over rising numbers of disabled children
      Aisha Khan, 36, lost her twin brother, Ahmed as well as another brother Kasim

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      • AsISeeIt says:
        February 27, 2025 at 9:53 am

        First-cousin marriage

        Iqbal Hussain Mohamed is a British independent politician, engineer and IT consultant who has served as the Member of Parliament for Dewsbury and Batley since 2024. Mohamed defeated Heather Iqbal [no relation(?)] of the Labour Party whilst campaigning on a pro-Palestine platform:

        “However, the way to redress this is not to empower the state to ban adults from marrying each other, not least because I don’t think it would be effective or enforceable”

        Not enforceable? You mean because you are aware that certain UK resident communities tend to ignore our British laws?

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  9. Flotsam says:
    February 27, 2025 at 8:40 am

    GBNews yesterday featured Tessa Dunlop. Why does she remind me of rubber?

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  10. MarkyMark says:
    February 27, 2025 at 8:43 am

    Remember when all the UK and International Islamists took to the streets to condemn the Taliban locking up women in FREE Afghanistan? HA HA HHA HA HAH AHAAH !

    “By law women are not allowed to be heard outside their houses, although in practice this is not being strictly enforced. Teenage girls are prevented from accessing secondary and higher education. Women are barred from many forms of employment. In December, women training as midwives and nurses told the BBC they had been ordered not to return to classes.

    While women continue to be visible on the streets of cities like Kabul, they are required to wear a face covering.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjev9kzxeqqo

    “Kabul exports include carpets, dried fruits, medicinal plants, coal briquettes, grapes, and tropical fruits. Afghanistan’s main export partners are Pakistan, India, and China. “

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  11. MarkyMark says:
    February 27, 2025 at 8:57 am

    2.1 Value of UK total trade in the 12 months to the end of December 2024
    £1,703.4 billion

    down 0.4% on the previous 12 months

    Source: ONS UK trade December 2024

    Next release: 14 March 2025

    Notes: figures in current prices, seasonally adjusted, on a balance of payments basis. Figures include non-monetary gold and other precious metals.

    2.2 UK trade in the 12 months to the end of December 2024
    Trade direction Value £ billion % change since previous 12 months
    UK exports 837.7 -0.8%
    UK imports 865.7 -0.001%

    https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-trade-in-numbers/uk-trade-in-numbers-web-version

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  12. Flotsam says:
    February 27, 2025 at 8:59 am

    I saw an interesting story recently about Elon Musk’s father gunning down three black intruders. South Africa is known for its extreme violence by blacks on whites and whites routinely barricade their houses and are normally well armed.

    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=elon+musk+father+killing

    Anyway, I also stumbled onto this very anti Musk article in the Guardian. The hatred toward Musk is all too apparent. No one hates more than the far Left.

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/elon-musk-peter-thiel-apartheid-south-africa

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    • MarkyMark says:
      February 27, 2025 at 9:16 am

      ‘You can’t ignore something like this… It’s the maddest thing I’ve ever seen.’

      James O’Brien really wishes Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza is ‘satire’.
      ………………………
      Yasmin Alibhai-Brown almost cried on national TV when she was shown Trump’s AI video and what he’s planning to do with Gaza.

      Normal people like her were left speechless but not her panellist.
      …………………………………..
      Apple vows to deal with an issue causing their phones to autocorrect ‘racist’ to ‘Trump’. A spokesperson said the issue is “a bug on tool-displaying words that have ‘phonetic overlap’ before the ‘intended word’ is identified, which includes words with the ‘r’ sound”. Sure it is
      …………………………..
      Neom: Saudi forces ‘told to kill’ to clear land for eco-city
      Published 9 May 2024
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68945445

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  14. MarkyMark says:
    February 27, 2025 at 9:14 am

    “They found that even after factors like poverty were controlled for, a child of first cousins in Bradford had an 11% probability of being diagnosed with a speech and language problem, versus 7% for children whose parents are not related.

    They also found a child of first cousins has a 54% chance of reaching a “good stage of development” (a government assessment given to all five year-olds in England), versus 64% for children whose parents are not related.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c241pn09qqjo

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  15. MarkyMark says:
    February 27, 2025 at 9:31 am

    This is how a high trust society dies

    https://x.com/G0ADM/status/1894454521943708022

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    https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/cctv-acid-attack-suspects-chippenham/
    CCTV shows acid attack suspects in village near Chippenham

    ……………

    Migrants Sent to the Countryside: Macron Proposes a New Immigration Policy 2022
    In order to integrate immigrants who arrive able to speak French, and who can consequently find work quickly, Emmanuel Macron advocates their installation in rural areas, in “areas that are losing population.”

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  16. Zephir says:
    February 27, 2025 at 9:50 am

    Sorry but off now, the Marky Mark show has started again, making it impossible to directly respond to anyone’s comments.

    Sometimes, I think I preferred Maxi. at least he / she restrained themselves somewhat

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    • Up2snuff says:
      February 27, 2025 at 10:07 am

      Zephir, a Nature Note! The Herring Gulls were at it this morning at about 6.30 a. m. In summer they can start their pathetic mewling and squawking as early as 3.30 in the morning, making resident’s lives a misery as they try to go back to sleep. The Herring Gulls should be put to sleep. Permanently. Do they transmit bird ‘flu? Another reason to gas Herring Gulls!

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      • Zephir says:
        February 27, 2025 at 10:21 am

        Up2suff

        A Nature Note !

        If you don’t like gulls, move inland. You have a choice, and can then confine your (pathetic) syncophanic comments as to who was the first person to post a comment.

        Or maybe that happens every week anyway.

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  17. Up2snuff says:
    February 27, 2025 at 9:57 am

    TOADY Watch #1 – What? More new hires at the BBC?

    Jana (pronounced Yana) and Lydia were new names to me this morning. Yana had a beautiful Irish accent and was doing the Busines News. Pleasure to listen to. Have Sean, Felicity and Will been made redundant? No. So that is why the Licence Fee (a.k.a. TellyTax) is going up in April 2025 adding to the Cost of Living Crisis under a new Labour Government. Sorry, cannot remember what Lydia was contributing to TOADY and I am not about to ‘Listen Against’ (a.k a. BBC Sounds).

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  18. andyjsnape says:
    February 27, 2025 at 10:06 am

    bbc reports:-

    Starmer says US needs security role in Ukraine to deter Putin ahead of Trump meeting

    But is the US actually bothered with what Starmer has to say, bbc feels its important to inform us

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